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I think it was a crutch, though it will remain an extremely good option for various situations. I don't think that will be our base or pass D base this year. I think we will see a lot of 40 fronts, and more blitzing than we've seen in a while. Hopefully not too much, but some situational blitz packages. Not just feed a lber to the centre/guard either, but blitzes actually designed to get a fast backer to the QB.

Awards, standings, the team, whatever your pleasure. Standings : Winnipeg Bc SSk Cal Edm I see us winning in the 12 +/-1 game range again in a tight western race. I think Calgary is in the playoff race and will go right down to the wire. I think SSK and bc jockey for 2nd in the west, and bc wins by 1 game. Montreal Toronto Ottawa Hamilton Toronto's season losses slow them down at the start of the year, but their endless spring of dynamic import talent at DL helps them peak at the right time, yet again. Montreal, I think, will start out well and then close the season on a low note. Dru brown might be in the MOP race when he puts Ottawa on his back again and drags them to the playoffs. Hamilton is in a rebuilding year that they still won't commit to. For us, I think we will flash brilliance early on, but not protect the QB as we need to, until after LD. I think our D will top the league and be even better than last year. I think some people in BC will wish they hired Hogan, not Buck, before the year is out. I think Vaval will be our MOR, and most of the rest of the awards candidates for us will be repeats. Schoen leads the league in receiving and TDs again, Brady in rushing yards. I think BC comes to regret the major decisions they made this off-season, namely in Buck and letting Vaj go.

Very much agree. That was one of my biggest concerns with cut time. I'm fine with seeing if tony jones can grow. He flashed better range in camp and the first game. It's nice to have a young athletic LB core. Agree for sure. If we can rotate Adams for some snaps on the edge and Bailey for some as well, that will let us keep WJ and Vaughters both healthy and rested. It's also going to be a big advantage to have Cam back for half+ the defensive snaps at one DT spot, and woods/adams in year 2 at the other. Teams are not going to be able to double WJ a lot this year.

Yeah. the difference between having schmek, as the 3rd canadian Dt and 5th DT over all vs having a 2nd DE is huge. Schmek can do some heavy set stuff, but bailey has some value for teams as well.

he looked really good in the 2nd game yeah.

Yeah, Logan and Hogan will take us far imo. I think we over achieved a good bit in the 2nd half of last year, carried heavily by the play of our secondary. I think our overall level of play will be similar but with a higher floor and potential to be better moving forward. Zach seems healthy and sharp, which is a pleasant surprise. I was ready for the worst case scenario with him. I think our primary limiting factor early on is going to be our OL and how it gels. Plus how often it changes between now and LDC. I'm not looking too hard at the AR or the PR right now as It's gonna change a good bit still for game 1. But it is the best combination we've broken camp with in out of the last 3 ish years. I'm overall optimistic, while still not expecting ideal ARs in the first few weeks of the year. There is a mild to moderate chance we do some thing wild like roster all the Lbers, and roll into game 1 with 10 guys and 4 imports for 2 spots. but we will see.

First, I'll say I don't see a lot to bash in this set of cuts either. The NI wr depth is a side effect of us trying to draft just teams guys for a couple years. But you are basically always in a situation of needing to restock NI depth at at least one position in the CFL. That said, If you look at the argos of the dinwiddie time or the stamps previous dynasty, both teams would've had the last 3 years of roster turn over in vets in one year, and then some. Guys like kyrie and thomas would've been gone long ago. We aren't stuck on a lot of old vets any more. It's just a couple under achievers that get penned in now. I also don't see considerable discourse. Last year was much more controversial. And the year before that. I see people discussing the cuts and questioning some moves, which is the point here yeah? The current roster isn't a sign of much imo. A lot is going to change before week 1, and yeah Bailey will be the 2nd global by then if not fairly shortly after imo. He was banged up to start camp and is a little be further behind, though he did show well in the 2nd game. They may even keep weitz on just because of his familiarity with the teams system. We have a good bit of turn over in the depth of special teams. They might want a bit of extra continuity for now.

Yeah, He probably fits our system better, and as good as he could ever want as a pro. If he has any thing to give as a pass catcher we would get it here. And as an emergency contingency guy, I don't think he'd be worse than corcoran or cobb. Cobb has some versatility but he has fought his hands pretty hard at times.

Very likey yeah. Also woods played edge in the 30. I’d think we see Wj Lawson woods vaughters start with Jake adams Bailey and schmek on the bench. Adam’s taking heavy reps at dt and de, Jake splitting more than he should with Lawson and schmek playing fairly few reps. Maybe we di Ayers and da kyrie. Then di vaval to kr and db. Offence is gonna be thin for imp talent.

If it was me, I might take a look at a guys like hakunavanhu, rysen john, and maybe Sénécal as a project. Our ni wr depth is paper thin. I’d also give hollins tires a kick.

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I don’t really see pissing and moaning. It’s more like unsurprised yet still disappointed. Im more encouraged by zachs play and hogans play call than any thing. Also very optimistic about some front 6 improvements, and ni depth. The youth and athleticism of our depth on D is really impressive too. JYs next step and progression as a dc is another big point of optimism. The roster will start out sub par and likely improve as young guys earn more reps and old old guys miss time. Kyrie staying healthy has never been a thing before.

Honestly the move I find the most puzzling, as jbr mentioned earlier, is how sterns made the cut. I like his effort and toughness. He was solid but unspectacular in camp. Brutal in preseason games. He didn’t put play any one. I like the guy but he didn’t show up. And we are already keeping Mitchell who also didn’t show up for camp or pre season.

Because he was a junior invitee. We broke camp with a riffles kid before for a couple weeks. Think he’d be on the list if he made it.

Teams like the Argos continue to move on from old players out performed by young guys and we continue to not make those moves. We get worse and the league gets better. Last year it took a rash of injuries to plug in new guys even with a dismal start. Maybe they’ll park guys like kyrie but I doubt it.

Both great ideas.

Yeah. Wish we kept the punter, maybe pointer and only having 2 imp des is a bit crazy. Though adams can play end. A ton is still going to be hashed out between now and the first game. Wish we made the call to move on from some guys already but we still have time. I don’t have a lot of hope but we haven’t made a bunch of bad cuts or any thing.

Think Kelly is on the main roster, when makonzo gets healthy I think ball is cut.

Vaval made it too. Think they are gonna try to use Shay as a db. Plus we will see when the ni dbs are healthy.

Be a lot of shuffling to do for the first game day roster. Kyrie in still makes me sad. Think the first roster will be a lot of status quo.

I get that but idk if he benefits more from regular reps at a lower level or higher level coaching and completion with few snaps.

slot back here isn’t like slot in the us. It’s not converting, no one said that. It’s using him as a multi position threat that backs up a situation that’s fairly rarely needed.

Lots of power backs these days don’t get tons of carries. Plus Brady had 2 games last year over 20 carries none of 25. 3 20 plus the previous year just one of 25 carries. It isn’t about Carries, touches are important but it’s more important to have well set up threats across the line. Jet sweep + 2 other running threats means no more trying to drop the helmet into a pile of linemen 10 times a game. More yards and less wear.

Thanks for that reminder lmao we DI’d a couple wrs not to play them a single snap the past few years. Tim Flanders is still sitting waiting for that 2back set to materialize too.

Vaval returns punts both return kick offs. Cooley becomes the back up wr as we have done in the past with guys like gmc. Then we di Sergio and probably Ayers. Cooleys been better catching passes than our fa wr vets. If Brady went down we’d be pooched way more than if an imp wr did. Plus we could spell Brady more, use him as a pass catcher more, and keep him healthy.